WHEAT STATE MANOR
CMS
Documentation Failure
Immediate Jeopardy
Inadequate Staffing
Infection Control
Medication Error
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$28,954
Outcome
WHEAT STATE MANOR in WHITEWATER, KS was fined $28,954 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
WHEAT STATE MANOR (WHITEWATER, KS) — $28,954 in CMS Fines
Outcome: WHEAT STATE MANOR in WHITEWATER, KS was fined $28,954 by CMS across 2 separate penalties following 39 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
- Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.
- Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Post nurse staffing information every day.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's continuous compliance monitoring would have flagged the regulatory gaps that led to these CMS fines — through automated survey-readiness checks, real-time deficiency tracking, staff compliance dashboards, and corrective action plan enforcement — preventing the violations before the next federal survey.
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